Tourism board, hotel owners lock horns over new licences
Hotel owners across the country have protested a move by the Uganda Tourism Board to shut down accommodation facilities that are not licensed by the board to operate. The...
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Saudi Arabia to pardon jailed Ugandans
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to pardon an unknown number of Ugandans held in their deportation centres and prisons before repatriating them to Uganda after negotiations...
Africans accuse ICC of racial bias in choosing Kony lawyer
African lawyers have written a protest letter to the International Criminal Court (ICC), claiming they were racially edged out of the institution’s recruitment process...
Sick SFC soldier stuck in Germany for 10 years, cries out to Museveni
A sick soldier of the Special Forces Command (SFC) has been stuck in Germany for the last 11 years after he was flown there for specialised treatment. Sgt George Bende re...
Explained: Young Ugandans prone to death by suicide
The National Population and Housing Census 2024 report shows that Uganda has recorded 272,271 suicidal thoughts and attempts in the last 10 years, with children of 10 to...
VIDEO: Questions linger over Shs10 trillion SGR cost
In early March 2017, panic-stricken officials from Uganda’s ministries of Works and Finance, dashed to Dar es Salaam to “compare notes” with their Tanzanian counter...
Using prosthetic bras can boost survivor confidence
More than 80 percent of women seeking treatment for breast cancer in Uganda are diagnosed at a late stage of the disease. According to Global Cancer Statistics 2022, brea...
Kyotera leaders up in arms over delayed market works
Local leaders in Kyotera District have tasked the government to explain the delayed commencement of the Mutukula Regional Market which has failed to take off four years a...
Kigezi crumbles under weight of high TB cases
Authorities in Kigezi have said cases of tuberculosis (TB) are still high in the sub-region despite several interventions by the government and development partners to co...
Security alert as Banyala, Mengo loyalists clash over building
Tension is building up in Kayunga District following last Friday’s clash between the Banyala ethnic group and Mengo loyalists after the former seized a building belongi...